(verb) : ē-rādīco (exr-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic
* Inf. eradicarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 21), , to pluck up by the roots, to root out, eradicate (an ante-class. word).
* Lit.: ex terra enata,Varr. R. R. 1, 27, 2: plantationem,Vulg. Matt. 15, 13; 13, 29 al.
* Transf.: aliquem,to root out, utterly destroy,Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38; id. Truc. 3, 1, 15; id. Merc. 4, 4, 35; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; Ter. And. 4, 4, 22; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 28; Vulg. Jer. 18, 7.—*
* Trop.: pugnis memorandis suis hominum aures, i. e. to wear out, pester with talking, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 53.

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